congressional hearings are sort of this
This gave me an idea. Could we create a sort of null court case that would allow people who wanted to to speak under oath on TV?https://twitter.com/sppeoples/status/803977719709138945 …
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yes but do people actually get prosecuted for lying to congress ? also I doesn't work for campaigns does it?
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Get them to put up a $10000 bond and they lose it if
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congress does this all the time
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kind of like a deposition?
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then you’d have to rely on prosecutors bringing perjury charges vs just contracting for truth with civil remedy, right?
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Convince a court to do it and it's all yours!
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you mean a tv show, something like "Judge Just Tell the Goddamn Truth"?
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@sppeoples you don't need a court to get people to take an oath to speak the truth...you just need a bible.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Seems begging to be abused. Imagine a CEO giving a stmt to calm shareholder worries. But I assume this is a little tongue in cheek.
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